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By 2020, China wants to use 150 million tonnes of waste steel and 18 million tonnes of waste non-ferrous metals annually, according to a plan included in the guideline.

In a recent communication, the European Commission has clarified their view on the role of waste-to-energy in the circular economy and the Energy Union strategy.

First Vice-President Frans Timmermans also presented a Circular Economy Finance Support Platform and issued guidance to member states on converting waste to energy.

Various European interest groups have expressed agreement to the ENVIs vote on the circular economy package. However, there are still some concerns.

A group of environmental organisations warns of false hopes in bioplastics. The organisations remind that the main focus has to be on reducing the overall plastics use.

In advance of the vote in the ENVI Committee on the circular economy package, european recycling federation Euric asks for a boost in recycling, competition and thus innovate recycling markets.

The Environment Committee of the European Parliament will vote on 24 January to finalise its report on the revision of the Waste Framework Directive. The EU steel industry requests that the provision on final recycling is retained in order to measure real recycling.

Research carried out by the plastics recycling initiative Pledge 4 Plastics has delivered the latest insight into consumer attitudes and behaviour towards plastics packaging recycling.

At the IERC, experts discussed the challenges and barriers for effective e-waste recycling.

More than 40 industry leaders have endorsed a new action plan to tackle global plastics issues. The plan is part of a new study by the World Economic Forum and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.

The company commits to eliminate all manufacturing waste from its global network of more than 100 production sites by 2020.